. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/165 
17 December 2008 
 (08-6215) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:   COLOMBIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de la Protección Social (Ministry of Social Welfare) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Meat of animals of the Crocodylia order (crocodiles, caymans) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución del Ministerio de la Protección 
Social "Por la cual se establece el reglamento t écnico sobre los requisitos sanitarios y de 
inocuidad de la carne proveniente del orden Crocodylia des tinada para el consumo 
humano y las disposiciones para su be neficio, desposte, almacenamiento, 
comercialización, expendio, trans porte, importación o exportación" (Draft Ministry of 
Social Welfare Resolution "establishing technical regulations on the health and safety requirements for meat for human consumption from animals of the Crocodylia order and 
provisions on the slaughter of such animals and the cutting, storage, marketing, sale, 
transportation, importation and exportation of their meat")  Language:  Spanish  Number 
of pages:  64 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Resolution establishes the sanitary 
requirements to be met by establishments that process, package, transport, sell, import, export and market meat for human consumption from animals of the Crocodylia order.  It 
covers the following:  purpose;  scope;  definitions;  slaughterhouses and butchering establishments;  storage, sale and transporta tion;  inspection, monitoring and control; 
safety measures and penalties;  notif ication and period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  G/SPS/N/COL/165 
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    [   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.)  
[ X ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [   ] Yes   [ X ] No  
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard: 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  Law No. 09 
of 1979, Decree No. 205 of 2003, Decree No. 1500 of 2007, notified in documents G/TBT/N/COL/82/Add.1 and G/SPS/N/COL/ 125/Add.1, Decree No. 4126 of 2005 and 
Resolution No. 1164 of 2002 (available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Proposed date of  publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy) :  [ X ] Six months from date of 
publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 
[ X ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from  the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  15 March 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de la Protección Social 
Dirección General de Salud Pública Grupo de Promoción y Prevención 
Carrera 13 No. 32 – 76 
Bogotá D.C., Colombia Tel.:  +(571) 330 5000, Exts. 1440 to 1445 Fax:  +(571) 330 5050 E-mail:  bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co 
Web site:  http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
E-mail:  drico@mincomercio.gov.co Tel.:  +(571) 606 7676, Ext. 1690 Fax:  +(571) 241 0480 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo  
Dirección de Regulación  Calle 28 No. 13 A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.:  +(571) 241 0478